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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7188-1
January 08, 2025

ffmpeg vulnerability
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

FFmpeg could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Software Description:
- ffmpeg: Tools for transcoding, streaming and playing of multimedia files

Details:

It was discovered that FFmpeg incorrectly handled certain input, which
could lead to an integer overflow. An attacker could possibly use this
issue to cause a denial of service by crashing the application.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following
package versions:

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-extra58              7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec58                    7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavdevice58                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavfilter-extra7              7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavfilter7                    7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat-extra58             7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat58                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavutil56                     7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libpostproc55                   7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libswresample3                  7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libswscale5                     7:4.4.2-0ubuntu0.22.04.1+esm6
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-extra58              7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec58                    7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavdevice58                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavfilter-extra7              7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavfilter7                    7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat58                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavresample4                  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavutil56                     7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libpostproc55                   7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libswresample3                  7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libswscale5                     7:4.2.7-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-extra57              7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec57                    7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavdevice57                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavfilter-extra6              7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavfilter6                    7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat57                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavresample3                  7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavutil55                     7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libpostproc54                   7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libswresample2                  7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libswscale4                     7:3.4.11-0ubuntu0.1+esm7
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  ffmpeg                          7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libav-tools                     7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-ffmpeg-extra56       7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavcodec-ffmpeg56             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavdevice-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavfilter-ffmpeg5             7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavformat-ffmpeg56            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavresample-ffmpeg2           7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libavutil-ffmpeg54              7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libpostproc-ffmpeg53            7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libswresample-ffmpeg1           7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libswscale-ffmpeg3              7:2.8.17-0ubuntu0.1+esm9
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

After a standard system update you need to restart FFmpeg to make
all the necessary changes.

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7188-1
  CVE-2024-36617

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